WEEKLY1. Jennifer Feals, York County Coast Star, “Midwife needs liver transplant”
2. Staff, Mount Desert Islander, President for a Day
3. Staff, The Ellsworth American, Ellsworth High School Show Choir

OPINION COLUMNISTDAILY1. David Farmer, Bangor Daily News, “Blaming the jobless for unemployment” and “Holding back the flood”
2. Greg Kesich, Portland Press Herald, “Poverty in Portland should be top issue in mayoral campaign” and “It takes a teenager to keep rest of household in the loop”
3. Elliott Epstein, Sun Journal, “Rearview mirror”

WEEKLY1. Deborah McDermott, The York Weekly, “Please don’t do this to me”
2. Don Eno, St. John Valley Times, “Jared’s last gift”
3. Susan Morse, The York Weekly, “School food service director fights for potatoes”